Yesterday saw Tottenham Hotspur defeat AC Milan 2-0 in their final pre-season game of the summer.

The player given man-of-the-match after the game was new signing Kieran Tripper. The young full-back arrived from Burnley this summer, the second big name to leave The Clarets this summer. He followed Danny Ings out of the exit door, after the striker joined Liverpool at the end of his contract at Turf Moor.

However, Trippier’s exit was vastly different to Ings’ – according to Burnley defender Michael Duff.

The right-back position was a problem for Tottenham last season. Kyle Walker suffered with injury and was out of form when he returned. DeAndre Yedlin is not yet believed to be ready for Premier League football whilst stand-ins such as the now departed Vlad Chiriches and Eric Dier were playing out of position.

Trippier appears happy at the club, even if leaving Burnley was hard, and Tottenham will hope he can guide them up the Premier League table.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.